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MAIZE 



CHAP. 

 XIII. 



Ash or mineral substances, which have an influence on the formation of the 



bones. 

 Crude fibre — indigestible matter. 

 Water. 



A large amount of work has been done in the United States — 

 the home of the maize crop — in investigating the composition, 

 digestibility and feeding- value of different parts of the maize 

 plant, both by means of chemical analyses and by feeding 

 tests and experiments to show its digestibility. To no other 

 country can we turn for such complete information on the 

 subject as to this one, where hundreds of such tests and 

 analyses have been made. 



599. Chemical Composition of the Whole Grain, — Careful 

 studies have been made by the New Jersey and other State 

 Agricultural Experiment Stations of the United States. These 

 analyses show that the average composition of maize grain is 

 as follows : — 



Table LXXXIX. 

 AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF MAIZE GRAIN. 



600. Protein. — By the protein of feeding-stuffs we mean 

 those ingredients which contain nitrogen, e.g., maize gluten 

 and the white of eggs. The average nitrogen-content of 

 protein is about 16 percent. It is the protein of the foodstuffs 

 which builds up various tissues of the animal body such as the 

 muscles, tendons, internal organs, skin, etc., as well as the 

 organic part of the bones. 



Myrick (i). - Henry (i) 



Including crude fibre. 



:; Hopkins (3). 



